Kimberley Hackett (she/her)
@kimberleyjourno.bsky.social
Senior reporter on GPonline.com part of Haymarket Media. Contributor to the Talking General Practice podcast: podfollow.com/talking-gp Got a story? DM or email [email protected].
Formerly Nursing Standard and the Watford Observer.
Formerly Nursing Standard and the Watford Observer.
In my interview with Dr @simonforstroud.bsky.social, the GP and @labouruk.bsky.social MP says shifting care into the community will only work if GPs take the lead.
Why the government should back GPs to run neighbourhoods
Labour MP and GP Dr Simon Opher says the government's vision of shifting healthcare into the community is the right one - but that it will only work if GPs take a lead role. The Stroud MP spoke to…
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February 12, 2026 at 9:42 AM
In my interview with Dr @simonforstroud.bsky.social, the GP and @labouruk.bsky.social MP says shifting care into the community will only work if GPs take the lead.
EXCLUSIVE: Pace of ICB cuts risks slowing improvement in patient care, warns GP/MP
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Pace of ICB cuts risks slowing improvement in patient care, warns GP/MP
Exclusive: The speed at which ICB cuts are taking place alongside wider NHS reforms risks slowing improvements in patient care - and redundancies should have been phased in over a ‘few years', Labour ...
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February 7, 2026 at 1:22 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Pace of ICB cuts risks slowing improvement in patient care, warns GP/MP
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS🚨
EXCLUSIVE: BMA considered defamation claim over Wes Streeting letter
EXCLUSIVE: BMA considered defamation claim over Wes Streeting letter
BMA considered defamation claim over Wes Streeting letter
Exclusive: The BMA asked lawyers to investigate whether a letter from Wes Streeting was defamatory towards its GP committee chair Dr Katie Bramall, GPonline understands.
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January 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: BMA considered defamation claim over Wes Streeting letter
EXCLUSIVE: BMA considered defamation claim over Wes Streeting letter
Unrealistic to expect immediate NHS savings from neighbourhoods, GPs warn
Unrealistic to expect immediate NHS savings from neighbourhoods, GPs warn
Expecting neighbourhoods to deliver immediate savings to the NHS is unrealistic, GPs have warned.
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January 14, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Unrealistic to expect immediate NHS savings from neighbourhoods, GPs warn
Practices could face breach notices over PCN shape, GPs fear
Practices could face breach notices over PCN shape, GPs fear
PCNs or member practices could be served contract breach notices if their network fails to meet geographical requirements set by NHS England as neighbourhoods take shape, GPs fear.
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January 13, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Practices could face breach notices over PCN shape, GPs fear
AI booked patient in for imaginary GP appointment
AI booked patient in for imaginary GP appointment
A patient in the Midlands turned up at their GP practice last year for an imaginary appointment created by the Meta AI feature on WhatsApp.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
AI booked patient in for imaginary GP appointment
Neighbourhood health could 'flounder' unless government tackles workforce issues
Neighbourhood health could 'flounder' unless government tackles workforce issues
Neighbourhood health could ‘flounder’ unless workforce issues are fixed - including 'dissing of general practice' that puts staff off community roles, MPs have warned.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Neighbourhood health could 'flounder' unless government tackles workforce issues
Registrars delay qualifying as GPs amid 'bleak' job market
Registrars delay qualifying as GPs amid 'bleak' job market
Registrars are delaying qualification as GPs because they fear being unable to find work - and have warned that short-term additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) jobs leave them 'anxious'.
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December 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Registrars delay qualifying as GPs amid 'bleak' job market
Low pay could force IMG GPs to quit UK, doctors warn
Low pay could force IMG GPs to quit UK, doctors warn
Low pay could drive international medical graduate (IMG) GPs out of the UK because they do not meet minimum salary requirements for a visa, GP leaders have warned - after a solicitor was forced to…
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December 19, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Low pay could force IMG GPs to quit UK, doctors warn
🚨 EXCLUSIVE🚨
GPs have raised concerns over online access in most ICB areas
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GPs have raised concerns over online access in most ICB areas
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GPs have raised concerns over online access in most ICB areas
Exclusive: At least two thirds of ICBs - and possibly as many as 80% - have been notified by GP practices about concerns over workload or patient safety since changes to online consultation…
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December 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
🚨 EXCLUSIVE🚨
GPs have raised concerns over online access in most ICB areas
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GPs have raised concerns over online access in most ICB areas
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GP federations 'could hold lease for neighbourhood health centre premises'
GP federations 'could hold lease for neighbourhood health centre premises'
GP federations could hold the lease for new neighbourhood health centre premises - and clear arrangements are vital to avoid disputes between healthcare organisations sharing space within them, NHS…
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December 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
GP federations 'could hold lease for neighbourhood health centre premises'
GPonline reports: GP aims for Christmas number one with song about women's bodies
Dr Aziza Sesay is aiming for the Christmas number one spot with her song that challenges stigma around women's anatomy and periods.
Dr Aziza Sesay is aiming for the Christmas number one spot with her song that challenges stigma around women's anatomy and periods.
GP aims for Christmas number one with song about women's bodies
A GP is aiming for the Christmas number one spot with her song that challenges stigma around women's anatomy and periods.
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December 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
GPonline reports: GP aims for Christmas number one with song about women's bodies
Dr Aziza Sesay is aiming for the Christmas number one spot with her song that challenges stigma around women's anatomy and periods.
Dr Aziza Sesay is aiming for the Christmas number one spot with her song that challenges stigma around women's anatomy and periods.
Podcast: Wes Streeting complaint, BMA GP committee split, how GPs are using AI
@emmabower.bsky.social, @nickbostock.bsky.social and @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social the key news stories affecting general practice.
@emmabower.bsky.social, @nickbostock.bsky.social and @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social the key news stories affecting general practice.
Podcast: Wes Streeting complaint, BMA GP committee split, how GPs are using AI
The GPonline team discusses the key news stories affecting general practice.
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December 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Podcast: Wes Streeting complaint, BMA GP committee split, how GPs are using AI
@emmabower.bsky.social, @nickbostock.bsky.social and @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social the key news stories affecting general practice.
@emmabower.bsky.social, @nickbostock.bsky.social and @kimberleyjourno.bsky.social the key news stories affecting general practice.
Online access changes in general practice threaten a 'welfare timebomb' as GPs spend long hours alone triaging consultation requests, the @nasgp.bsky.social chair @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social has warned.
Online access change threatens GP 'welfare timebomb'
Online access changes in general practice threaten a 'welfare timebomb' as GPs spend long hours alone triaging consultation requests, a sessional GP organisation has warned.
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December 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Online access changes in general practice threaten a 'welfare timebomb' as GPs spend long hours alone triaging consultation requests, the @nasgp.bsky.social chair @richardfieldhouse.bsky.social has warned.
@dauk-gp.bsky.social backs GP's complaint against Wes Streeting
DAUK backs GP's complaint against Wes Streeting
Wes Streeting’s recent comments about the BMA have been branded ‘hostile’ by the Doctors’ Association UK (DAUK) - as the organisation backed a GP’s formal complaint against the health and social care…
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December 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
@dauk-gp.bsky.social backs GP's complaint against Wes Streeting
🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
EXCLUSIVE: Doctor resigns from BMA England GP committee claiming it is 'toxic and unbearable’
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EXCLUSIVE: Doctor resigns from BMA England GP committee claiming it is 'toxic and unbearable’
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Doctor resigns from BMA England GP committee claiming it is 'toxic and unbearable’
EXCLUSIVE: A doctor has resigned from his role as a BMA England GP committee member citing concerns about a 'toxic and unbearable' environment.
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December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: Doctor resigns from BMA England GP committee claiming it is 'toxic and unbearable’
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EXCLUSIVE: Doctor resigns from BMA England GP committee claiming it is 'toxic and unbearable’
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS 🚨
GP makes formal complaint over Wes Streeting behaviour towards BMA
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GP makes formal complaint over Wes Streeting behaviour towards BMA
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GP makes formal complaint over Wes Streeting behaviour towards BMA
A GP has made a formal complaint against health and social care secretary Wes Streeting over language he has used to criticise the BMA - arguing it may breach MPs' code of conduct.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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GP makes formal complaint over Wes Streeting behaviour towards BMA
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GP makes formal complaint over Wes Streeting behaviour towards BMA
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Immigration rhetoric adds to IMG GP fears over NHS future
Immigration rhetoric adds to IMG GP fears over NHS future
International medical graduate (IMG) GP registrars have been unsettled by political rhetoric around immigration despite assurances that the UK will not change the timescale to qualify for indefinite…
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December 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Immigration rhetoric adds to IMG GP fears over NHS future
Former Labour strategist urges Streeting to change tack
Former Labour strategist urges Streeting to change tack
Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting should spend 'less time having challenging conversations' within the NHS and use his skillset as the government's 'best communicator' to explain NHS…
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December 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Former Labour strategist urges Streeting to change tack
GPs could partner with hospitals to hold neighbourhood contracts, says NHS official
GPs could partner with hospitals to hold neighbourhood contracts, says NHS official
GP federations could partner with hospital trusts to take on neighbourhood contracts, a senior NHS official has said.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:09 AM
GPs could partner with hospitals to hold neighbourhood contracts, says NHS official
Budget hikes practice costs as chancellor confirms neighbourhood plans
Budget hikes practice costs as chancellor confirms neighbourhood plans
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has confirmed plans to create 250 neighbourhood health centres by 2035 with help from private investment in an autumn budget that will drive up costs for GP practices with a…
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November 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Budget hikes practice costs as chancellor confirms neighbourhood plans
Low pay leaves GPs struggling to obtain visas for ARRS jobs
Low pay leaves GPs struggling to obtain visas for ARRS jobs
Some overseas GPs offered jobs through the additional roles reimbursement scheme (ARRS) are missing out on visas because they fall short of Home Office salary thresholds, GPonline understands.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Low pay leaves GPs struggling to obtain visas for ARRS jobs
Neighbouring surgery and patients rally round GP practice flooded by Storm Claudia
Neighbouring surgery and patients rally round GP practice flooded by Storm Claudia
A neighbouring practice, the community hospital and patients have rallied round and offered support to a GP practice in Monmouthshire, Wales, which was forced to close following severe flooding.
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November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Neighbouring surgery and patients rally round GP practice flooded by Storm Claudia
It was so interesting to interview Dr Moitra about her time working in Gaza. The harrowing details of the GP's trips will not be forgotten by me any time soon. Thank you @uk-med.bsky.social for setting this interview up.
UK GP shares her experiences of working in war-torn Gaza with @uk-med.bsky.social
UK GP shares her experiences of working in war-torn Gaza
Her Palestinian healthcare colleagues had lost weight, medication was being rationed and kites once flown in the sky by children are now nowhere to be seen. These are just some of the changes a…
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November 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It was so interesting to interview Dr Moitra about her time working in Gaza. The harrowing details of the GP's trips will not be forgotten by me any time soon. Thank you @uk-med.bsky.social for setting this interview up.
Northern Ireland GPs drawing up plans to quit the NHS
Northern Ireland GPs drawing up plans to quit the NHS
LMCs in Northern Ireland have warned that general practice cannot survive within its current contract and voted for the BMA to develop a strategy for GPs to quit the NHS.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Northern Ireland GPs drawing up plans to quit the NHS